Type in a name of an author or book. Choose List view or Cover View (List view shown below). Click on a book and an overview, reviews, related books and references will be presented.
You can create a bookshelf to add favourite books to.
Set your search term and add more columns for more information.
Google Options
Click on 'Show options'
Look at the menu that has now appeared to the left of your search hits
In the example below, I have clicked on Videos and now my results show the videos available
The Wonder wheel is a fantastic search tool as it offers other keyword possibilities. Click on one of the keyword choices and it will open another wheel. All the sites for those keywords appear to the right.
Google Tricks
Education Hits
Type Edu: your search words
Calculator
Type in your calculation in the search box, press Enter
Definitions
Type Define: your search words
Google Books Search (http://books.google.co.nz/ )
Type in a name of an author or book. Choose List view or Cover View (List view shown below). Click on a book and an overview, reviews, related books and references will be presented.
You can create a bookshelf to add favourite books to.
Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.nz/)
This search engine will return academic sites based on your search words
Google Image Swirl (http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com/ )
Type in your search term, click on an image, it will create a new branch. Click twice on an image to go to its website.
Google Squared (http://www.google.com/squared )
Set your search term and add more columns for more information.
Google Options
Click on 'Show options'
Look at the menu that has now appeared to the left of your search hits
In the example below, I have clicked on Videos and now my results show the videos available
The Wonder wheel is a fantastic search tool as it offers other keyword possibilities. Click on one of the keyword choices and it will open another wheel. All the sites for those keywords appear to the right.
The Timeline is another useful searching tool
Google for Educators
This website has resources and lesson plans for using with students when teaching them how to use Google